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Asus Striker II Extreme Review

Testing:

3DMark06 is one of the benchmarks that always comes up when a bragging contest breaks out. 3DMark06 presents a severe test for many of today's hardware components. Let's see how this setup fares -the settings we will use are listed below.

Settings:

SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest

CPU Tests: CPU1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley

HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze

As the resolution increases, the Striker performs better than the X48 board. In 20 out of 32 gaming benchmarks, the Striker II Extreme was tied with or better than the X48 offering, actually taking 17 of 32 outright for a winning percentage over 50%.